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Was wondering where I could out these so thought I'd make a creations thread.
As a bit of a challenge to my Japanese Skills and as a way to have play with some picture editing and what not, I've been working on translating the Legends Comics I have. These are the ones I have done so far, in no particular order.
Lg18 Super Mode Starscream
LG29 Wheelie and Go Shuta
LG17 Black Arachnia
LG25 Blurr
More on the way as I get to them.
Hope you enjoy them.
Just updated with LG EX Armada Megatron
http://tetstoys.blogspot.jp/2016/10/...anslation.html
Very good - always wanted to read the English version of B Arachnias :)
For some reason I can never use my wordpress id to leave comments on your blog posts :confused: Am I supposed to use my name or the name of my site?
That's odd.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
ItS blogger, but I think you can make up a name and link your blog to the name on the spot.
I seem to get the occasional anon comment popping up, so there must be some way to do it. I'll check it out and get back to ya
Oh and thanks. On a little side note, it's been rather fun discovering how to edit pictures this much :D
Yeah I think I went to leave comments on other of your blog posts before like your Blurr review but it never works. Odd because I've never had trouble leaving ones on Bladestorms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy
Yeah I never really get comments on my Blog posts either :rolleyes:
I could ahve sworn I posted this before, but apparently it didn't go through. Hrmm.
I made some changes to SSL on my blog, so that might have fixed the issue. If it doesn't, from the comment as selct profile box, you can enter a name and then a website link to that name.
Might be a bit more hassle, but since I'm a web programming noob, that's the best I can do.:o
For now anyway.
Those are awesome. Every time I buy one of these, I drool over the comic and wonder what the story must be about. I'd love to see these continue, especially for some of the new Legends headmaster and the Unite Warriors exclusives.
I am in awe of anyone who can read and write Japanese. It's a wonderful talent.
Glad you're enjoying them!
I must admit, after thinking about this first for the Headmaster guys, having a look over the earlier ones with their "one-off" crazy comics.... The move to the continuous HM style is much more engaging.
Updated with Gelshark's comic this time. Which I chose as I thought it was going to be easy, but provided me with some unique challenges. Glad to say the comic is better than the toy
Gelshark or Sky-byte's comic translation.
Incidentally, I wouldn't mind doing them all eventually, but I have NO intention to buy all the toys myself :P, but if others could (preferably) scan the ones I'm missing and email me them, I can get to work on them. Scans at about 300 or higher dpi are preferred, so I can have a jolly old nerdy squiz at all the background action.
Currently I'm missing.
LG02 BW Convoy
LG03 Tankor
LG04 Roadbuster
LG05 Whirl
LG07 Jetfire
LG08 Swerve and Tailgate
LG13 (G1) Megatron
LG19 Springer
LG20 Skids
LG27 Broadcast/Blaster
LG28 Rewind
Future Will not buys:
LG36 Soundwave
LG37 Jaguar/Ravage
LG39 Brainstorm
LG41 Lio Convoy
LGEX Black Convoy
LGEX Deadlock
LGEX Rattle, Rhinox, Waspeeter (unsure if these guys got one)
Please PM me if you can supply any of them ;)
Next on the list
LG23 Galvatron.
https://tetstoys.blogspot.jp/2016/11...anslation.html
Bloggy dog update with
LG 26 Scourge translation
ANother Bloggy dog update. Man I don't why this one took so long for me to get to.
Weirdwolf comic translation.
Because no-one asked for it, Here is he translation of Trypticon's web comic thing. Taken (somehow) from TT's website. Although now I can't seem to find where I got it from, but it is 100% legit! :)
Trypticon translation.
One toy is good. One toy is not good.
What started off being an introduction for a video review turned into me attempting to make a a motion comic translation. Watch and enjoy, give me feedback.
Apologies in advance for lack of voice acting skillzsz ;)
Apeface and Laserbeak motion comic!! WOW
Another translation under the belt LG 40 Astrotrain Woo woo
https://tetstoys.blogspot.jp/2017/08...nds-comic.html
That was really quite fun, though I didn't understand why Ultra Magnus would have joined Megatron's army.
I really like the arrows, it makes it so much easier to follow for those who aren't familiar with manga.
Glad ypu liked it. Magnus and Chromia Joined Megatron because (in a previous comic -> Fort Max's) the Decepticons pulled a shifty one and bought out Metroplex (Autos comapny HQ). As city commander, Magnus wouldn't leave Metroplex and works for the deceps.Quote:
Originally Posted by reillyd
The Autobots are now using Fortress Maximus as their base and the Deceps have Metroplex.
Also glad my arrows idea helps. I found these things a bit hard to follow at the start, but I see they have a common pattern now of flow. However after talking to some less Japan-knowledgeable friends, I decided to add the arrows just for convenience. :D
Round 2 of Trypticon's web comic.
Some interesting developments with characters showing up in this one.
Trypticon comic n English here
Trypticon's triple comic situation is complete.
oooooh, is that why he got threee????
Headmasters Prologue Comic translation. This one tells us how the Transformers lost their bodies.
Taking requests for the next translation.
Legends Hotrod Plz
Next Translation done, being Hardhead (mainly because I was kinda half-way through it in the first place).
https://tetstoys.blogspot.jp/2017/12...hard-head.html
Wow, I thought I set up to get notifications to this thread, but nothing has come thru,so apologies for late reply.Quote:
Originally Posted by bowspearer
I've started working on Twincast because someone emailed one to me. Once that's done, since you requested Bsp, I'll do Hotrod ;) Howzat sound?
Getting there... Getting there...
Currently still working on Blaster's comic ATM. The pack in comics take a bit off time to do, so as a quick test I gave one of the online ones on TT's webpage a crack.
Luckily the translation as such didn't take long at all.
Then the guy who helps me proof read them suggests I mirror the comics fir L-R reading. So I gave that a try. Worked pretty well and was a slight but not too major hassle. Definitely not going to do it on all of them though.
Enough blab. Here's the very first issue.
Rattraps Introduction
I would highly recommend not flipping the pages from here on, the act of flipping manga for the purposes of localisation is long dead for a reason.
Not being an avid reader of translated manga, I was unaware. Could you enlighten me as to the reason?Quote:
Originally Posted by Other
Well leaving aside artistic intent, it can introduce introduce errors in continuity and logic(people driving on the wrong side of the road in the wrong side of the car, casts becoming majority lefties, characters referring to things in a direction opposite to what the page now shows that can become hard to localise away, characters wearing clothing in ways that would be a sign they're a ghost , etc) there's the additional workload it introduces for dealing with things like signage(ends up mirrored and needs additional editing, you had to fix a few cases of that yourself by the look of things and I'm sure added more time to spent on the job than you'd like) and also mirrored art brings to light errors in art. It's actually quite an old well established technique for artists to view their art in a mirror or flipped over onto a lightbox or window to inspect it for less obvious problems that would be unnoticed otherwise because of the way our brains read images.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy
For the simpler vertically orientated black and white webcomics it's not going to be a big deal to fix several of those issues, though over time the amount of extra time you'll need to spend could add up quite a bit)but for the larger comics quite a few of the above will be an issue, which brings us to our last point, consistency. If you're not going to flip the large comics, don't flip the small ones, you shouldn't be leaving readers guessing which orientation they should be using for each comic.
Basically flipping manga adds a bunch of unnecessary headaches and timesinks you can avoid by keeping it simple and just leaving the art as is.
Personally I prefer the reversed, but its entirely a matter of preference.
One thing that is helpful (reversed or original) are little arrows to indicate the reading direction. If you're not a regular manga reader (or like me, just get directions easily confused) it can be hard to follow some of the Takara Legends ones.
But you're awesome just for doing the translation mate, and making it available. Do it any way you see fit :)
Yes, Yes I am. Thank you for acknowledging it;):p:DQuote:
Originally Posted by reillyd
And because of that, here is a delightful translation of Blaster's comic
https://tetstoys.blogspot.jp/2018/02...anslation.html
Heyo, finally finished this comic for everybody.Quote:
Originally Posted by bowspearer
Legends Hot Rod comic book in English
An entertaining read. There's something "special" about these Japanese stories. Silly, but fun, and so much easier to follow from the translations with arrows.
Thanks!
The ending was hillarious in an "it's funny because it's true" hard scifi perspective.
Rattrap and the LG01 in pack comic, a fairly simple story, but a cute start.
Rattrap English comic
Tet, check your PMs I just sent you more of the LG comics you need.:D
AAArgh, I am glad this one is over. Felt like it took forever and was a bit of a pain in the butt.
Sixshot's toy comic thingamajogger, in English:D
Thanks heaps.
Will read on the way home tonight.
I always enjoy these translations, and it makes a whole lot more sense than GoogleTranslate! The arrows in particular are really helpful.
Thanks for taking the time to do these mate! Everyone you do is appreciated!
Cheers, It's good to see people enjoying them.
Not Legends related, but I did the Star Convoy comic
https://tetstoys.blogspot.com/2019/0...anslation.html
Awesome. I tried to read it with google translate, and only comical results.
Many thanks!
Next one done, Rattrap and Silverbolt in the Junioration gap. Let's make that a new internet word shall we?
https://tetstoys.blogspot.com/2019/0...2-legends.html
This was tricky as it seems Silverbolt in Japan Beast Wars is quite a different personality to English Silverbolt. Anyway, I did my best to make him Silverbolty where it could fit.